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Edward Wright (artist)
Edward Wright (16 July 1912 – 16 October 1988) was a painter, typographer and graphic designer.〔Joanna Drew, ‘Preface’, ''Edward Wright Graphic Work and Painting'', (London: Arts Council, 1985)〕
In the early 1950s he was a member of the Independent Group, and taught at the Central School of Art with Anthony Froshaug, Nigel Henderson and Eduardo Paolozzi.〔Edward Wright, ‘The Elm Tree’, ''Edward Wright Graphic Work and Painting'', (London: Arts Council, 1985)〕 He designed the catalogue for the exhibition This Is Tomorrow at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956.〔Theo Crosby, ‘The Painter as Designer’, ''Edward Wright Graphic Work and Painting'', (London: Arts Council, 1985)〕
Wright later taught at the London College of Printing, Cambridge University School of Architecture and the Royal College of Art. His architectural lettering work included the foundation stone for Churchill College, Cambridge (1961), and the Flaxman lettering and numbering system for New Scotland Yard’s rotating sign (1968),〔Robin Kinross, 'Letters in the city: Eye reassesses the legacy of Edward Wright: designer, teacher, artist and “culture-carrier”', Eye (magazine), Autumn 1993, http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/letters-in-the-city〕 Wright's original concept for which was that its '‘revolving triangular shape and reflective steel lettering was symbolic of the Met’s constant vigilance in guarding our safety.'〔'New Scotland Yard's iconic revolving sign has moved', http://content.met.police.uk/News/New-Scotland-Yards-iconic-revolving-sign-has-moved/1400009560249/1257246741786〕
in 1963, Wright was a signatory of Ken Garland's First Things First manifesto.
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